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“What’s important to understand with New York state as compared to federal jury selection…is that it’s attorney-led voir dire,” Phillip Hamilton, a criminal defense attorney in New York ...
During voir dire, potential jurors are questioned by attorneys and the judge.It has been argued that voir dire is often ineffective at detecting juror bias. [1] Research shows that biographic information in minimal voir dire is not useful for identifying juror bias or predicting verdicts, while attitudinal questions in expanded voir dire can root out bias and predict case outcomes. [2]
The grand jury would then appoint the complaining party to exercise essentially the same authority as a state attorney general has, that is, a general power of attorney to represent the state in the case. [19] The grand jury served to screen out incompetent or malicious prosecutions. [20]
Unlike a petit jury, which resolves a particular civil or criminal case, a grand jury (typically having twelve to twenty-three members) serves as a group for a sustained period of time in all or many of the cases that come up in the jurisdiction, generally under the supervision of a federal U.S. attorney, a county district attorney, or a state ...
Just this week an appeals court instructed the trial judge to go back and investigate whether two of the jurors were biased and had lied during the jury selection process. Jury selection in the ...
T he U.S. Department of State issued a worldwide travel advisory on Friday due to a “potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests ...
The Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump on March 30, 2023. [87] The indictment was filed with the New York Supreme Court (the ordinary trial court for felonies in the state of New York and not the final court of appeal for the state) the same day. [88] The charges were under seal until published when Trump was arraigned. [89] [90]
[147] [148] The complaint was filed with the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct; it alleges that his family is being directly enriched by this case, in violation of the Rules of Judicial Conduct for the New York State Unified Court System. [147] The ethics complaint is three pages long, and is available online. [149]